England face defeat after another batting disaster

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Siddle is mobbed as Bell walks off dejectedJason O’Brien/Action Images

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Rogers has helped push the Australia lead alongCameron Spencer/Getty Images

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Harris, Siddle and Johnson took three wickets apieceMark Kolbe/Getty Images

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Stokes was yet again England's only shining lightMark Kolbe/Getty Images

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Bell studies his bat after being dismissed for just 2Jason O’Brien/Action Images

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Massed ranks of Benauds watch former PM Bob Hawke down a pint in oneDavid Gray/Reuters

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Warner and Harris leap for joy as KP is dismissedMark Kolbe/Getty Images

Geoffrey DeanSydney

Last updated at 1:57AM, January 4 2014

SCG (second day of five): Australia, with six second-innings wickets in hand, are 311 runs ahead of England

Australia took a huge step in their quest to whitewash England 5-0 after
bundling them out for just 155, their second lowest total of the series.
Armed with what should prove a match-winning lead of 171, they lost four
early second-innings wickets, but batted positively and should already be
too far ahead on a lively pitch that is now offering some turn.

A familiar tale of outstanding bowling by Australia and poor batting by
England unfurled in front of a 43,000 crowd. The home side’s triumvirate of
pace bowlers claimed three wickets apiece, working beautifully as a unit, to
reduce